I stopped reading right here.

I suppose using this logic that all those pilots before us who pushed hard for onboard weather radar, meaningful rest regs, TCAS, EGPWS, etc etc etc should have just quit as well? Where would we be now if that was the case? First time I heard that "just quit" argument was from Glenn Tilton. It was lame then, its even worse now considering that its coming from fellow pilots. And, how often its being bandied about.

Fatigued? Just quit! Too chicken to bore through that big cell on final? Just quit! "What do you mean we need to be deiced? That will blow right off...you should just quit".

You might have made some decent points in your rebuttal, but I missed them.